God's Knot Blog

When William posted his and Mandi’s wedding vows a couple of months ago they made me think back to my wedding day. Its been nine years now. I can’t believe how quickly it has gone. It also brought back some of the wedding planning stress. I never dreamed planning my wedding would be so hard. The sheer amount of people and details you have to account for is daunting enough. Add trying to please two families with very different ideas of the hows and whys… Anyways I digress, we chose not to write our vows. I think at the time it was...

Why is the bride is always on the left during the wedding ceremony? It’s because her knight in shining armor needs his right hand to fight off other potential suitors or attackers. According to legend, to protect his bride, the groom would hold her with his left hand and fight off attackers with his right arm. The right arm was considered the sword arm of most fighting men. Still to this day, the traditional wedding ceremony has the bride and bridesmaids on the left when facing the officiant. The groom and groomsmen stand to the right… with sword in hand...

Who came up with the concept of marriage? When did marriage begin? How is marriage defined? Stuart Briscoe, of Telling The Truth ministries, recently spoke on the origins or marriage. He pointed out in a recent episode of Telling The Truth that marriage is under attack in our culture. Some are saying that it is time that we redefine marriage. Stuart offers his insight about how marriage was created by God and is to be honored as He created it. The contemporary view is that marriage is a human idea and human institution that is subject to change as the culture changes. However, as...

A headline on Facebook that caught my attention: Are you present in your life? At first my answer was a resounding yes! “How could I not be present in my life?”, I thought to myself as I kept scrolling thru my newsfeed on my iPad while waiting in line at the grocery store, already late for work. The ringing of my phone in my pocket alerted me seconds later that I had new emails. As minutes passed and I scrolled through the six new emails I received, my mind continually went back to the question. Am I present in my...

Love is usually the first thing to be brought up when talking about marriage. In reality, romantic love can be a very small percentage of what makes up a successful marriage. The old saying “marriage is all about compromise”, couldn’t be closer to the truth. Every decision and choice we make once married directly impacts another person’s life. The stakes are raised even higher when kids are added into the mix. Kids change a marriage. They can be your greatest source of joy and also your biggest source of frustration in the space of a few minutes. Just like marriage,...